I would want to simply remind you that EVO frontpage module is still alive and fully working with all versions of Joomla since v2.5 to the latest v3, even if the last update of the module was months ago. And, of course, I still provide support for it, usually replying questions within 48 hours.

Even if EVO is a really complete module yet, I have some improvements in progress and almost ready, however I will continue adding them when I have more free time, as lately I am really busy and I only dedicate my time to provide support to the users of the module.

I'm happy yo announce that a new updated version is available for download. This version and future versions will be called 5.x; this is a big update, maybe not enough to jump from the previous 2.9.3 to the 5.0, maybe this should be the v3.0, but for not being confusing with Joomla CMS versions (which current one is the 3.4.3), I have decided to adopt this number.

This new version includes several improvements and some new options, to achieve, if possible, a better performance and adaptability. So, the main changes are:

Improved some descriptions of the module options (Shown when you pass the pointer mouse over each option of the module).

Modified the description and page of module parameters. When you enter to edit the module, you see its options in the first screen.

Fixed Division by zero and Warning errors, which were shown when one of your article's images has been corrupted or disappeared from the server and doesn't exists anymore. Now, if this happens, EVO frontpage will not try to generate the thumbnail (from the disappeared image), and will leave that article without thumbnail. PRO version will do the same, or will show the default thumbnail, if it's enabled.

Improved CSS style when thumbnails are configured to be shown centered and before title. ".evofrontpagepro-default .title" is now divided into ".evofrontpagepro-default .title" and ".evofrontpagepro-default .head", so it's even more customizable.

Boosted thumbnail speed generation. Now, thumbnails can be generated much more faster. You will specially notice it if you have a lot of articles to be shown.

Now, the thumbnails generated from the default image (Only in PRO versions), are stored on /images/evopro, instead of /modules/mod_evo_frontpage_pro/images.

Added option "Ignore symmetry". As explained in the popup description of this option: "(Only useful with Static Layout) If you have configured the module to show, for example, 3 rows of articles in 2 columns (3x2=6) of 'News' category, but you only have 5 articles there, the module will display 2 rows and 2 columns (2x2=4), but the 5th article will be shown in the Other Articles list. When you reach 6 articles on the category selected, the 3rd row will be completed, so it will finally show 3x2. If Ignore symmetry is ON, the 5th article will be shown in the 3rd row, but that row will not be completed (because the 6th article is still missing)."

Added a new function, currently only in PRO version, which also detects the images of the articles inserted through the "Intro Image" and "Full Article Image" fields. So, the priority order in which EVO searches images to generate the thumbnails is: 1. Intro Image, 2. Full Article Image, 3. Image inserted inside the article's text.

In this new version of EVO frontpage module, there are some new functions and minor errors fixed, however there have been modified more than normal quantity of the source code, considering the final user-visible changes.

The new functions are:

Added an additional CSS file.

Button to select which CSS file (Visual style) you want to use.

Text area field to input which HTML codes or labels you want to allow.

Minor optimizations of the source code and minor errors fixed.

Little changes on original CSS and on source code, to improve the CSS implementation.

In addition, I have made a mini tutorial (2 minutes) to demonstrate how to quickly install and show the module on the frontend as a "main news" layout. It's really easy and fast, and you will get a great result even with the default settings, as I show you:

I'm glad to anounce that, from now (v2.9.2), EVO frontpage module has a responsive design, which means that users who visit your page from devices with a small screen or resolution, will see EVO frontpage in a special way, as it will adapt its size to be more user-friendly, changing the number of displayed columns (for example, if you have 3), to only one unique column.

In addition, some minor changes has been done in the module source code, as well as some changes on the CSS styles to be a little more customizable.

It's highly recommended updating EVO frontpage to this new version v2.9.1.

I have released a new version update for EVO frontpage; it has very little changes, however it can improve the performance of EVO frontpage on some sites, which means that your webpage will load faster and this is a fundamental factor on the internet success.

You only need to download the module and install it as always. Your module settings (menu items assigned, number of columns, rows, tabs, right align, etc, etc) won't change.

Only in the case you have made source code modifications you will need to redo them but it's very easy if you copy your code lines, install the module and paste again your modifications inside.

The version 2.9 of EVO frontpage has been released. On this version, you will have a new option to place the thumbnails of your articles; before, you were able to place it at right or at left, but now, you can do it centered too.

In addition, some improvements have been added in the CSS style, and it's a little easier customizing it.

Has been solved a problem with animated layouts, installing the Jquery v1.8.3.

In the case of PRO version, have been fixed an error that was present when selecting an "H" heading tag for the introtexts of articles, which wasn't applied.